Date: 27-Nov-2009   URL: www.sun.com/storage/disk_systems/data_center/9990/specs.xml

Sun StorageTek 9990 System

Specifications

No Longer Orderable

Innovative capabilities combine raw performance and capacity into an enterprise class disk system with broad connectivity, heterogeneous operating systems support, and a small footprint. Enable extreme consolidation and reduce TCO.

Key Specifications

  • High capacity - 330 TB Capacity with 300 GB HDDs
  • High Performance - 81 GB/sec aggregate system bandwidth (68 GB/sec data bandwidth; 13 GB/sec control bandwidth)
  • Connectivity - Fibre Channel (up to 192 redundant pairs), ESCON (96 pairs) and FICON (48 pairs)
  • Small footprint for extreme capacity

Details

Capacity and Performance
Total raw capacity 300 GB HDD, 10K-rpm drive: 330 TB
146GB, 10K/15K-rpm drives: 165TB
73 GB HDD, 15K-rpm drive: 85 TB
Number of disks (with spares) 5 to 1152
Hot spares 1-16
Usable capacity for RAID 5 (max.) - With 146 GB 10K HDD Open systems: 143.9 TB
zOS Compatible: 135.2 TB
Usable capacity for RAID 1+ (max) - With 146 GB 10K HDD Open systems: 82.5 TB
S/390 compatible, 73 GB, 10,000-rpm drive: 71.8 GB
Standard Interfaces
Data Cache Maximum: 128 GB
Minimum: 4 GB
Increments: 4 GB
Shared/Control memory Up to 12GB
Logical/Device support Number of devices: 16,384
Physical Interfaces
Front-End Directors Number of Front-End Directors: 6
Number of simultaneous data transfers: Up to 16 or 32 per Front-End Director
Interface speed (Fibre Channel): 2 Gb/sec
Redundant pairs Fibre Channel: 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192
ESCON: 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96
FICON: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48
Back-End Directors Number of Back-End Director: Up to 4
Disk Drives per Back-End Director: Up to 256 HDDs
Bandwidth per fully configured system 81 GB/sec aggregate system bandwidth
68 GB/sec data bandwidth
13 GB/sec control bandwidth
Software
Operating System Open systems: Solaris Operating System, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Novell NetWare, Red Hat Linux, SuSe Linux, SGI IRIX, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows NT, Compaq Tru64 UNIX

Mainframe: OS/390, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA, TPF/MPLF, VM/ESA, VM/XA, VM/HPO, VSE/ESA, VSE/SP, Z/OS, Linux for Z Series
Host failover and alternative path Sun Cluster 3.2, VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS)-Solaris, HP MC/ServiceGuard, IBM HACMP, Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS), Compaq TruCluster, Novell Cluster Services, VMS Cluster, Sun StorageTek 9900 SDLM, Sun StorageTek Traffic Manager Software (SSTM), VERITAS Volume Manager/DMP
Environment
Sun StorageTek 9990 Control Frame Heat: 8.68 kW
Power: 9.077 kVA
Sun StorageTek 9990Array Frame Heat: 7.07 kW
Power: 7.636 kVA
Dimensions and Weight
Sun StorageTek 9990 Control Frame Height: 186.0 cm (73.2 in.)
Width: 78.2 cm (30.77 in.)
Depth: 92.5 cm (36.42 in.)
Weight: 590 kg (1300.73 lb.)
Sun StorageTek 9990 Array Frame Height: 186.0 cm (73.2 in.)
Width: 65.0 cm (25.59 in.)
Depth: 92.5 cm (36.42 in.)
Weight: 430 kg (947.99 lb.)
 
 
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